Tender and tank-locomotive.



PATENTBD MAR. 24, 1903. K. GOLSDGRF. TENDER AND- TANK LOGOMOIIVE.

APPLICATION FILED 1130. 9, 1902.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

KARL GOLSDORF, OF VIENNA, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

TENDER AND TAN K-LOCOMOTIVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 723,666, dated March 24, 1903. Application filed December 9, 1902. Serial No. 134,505. (No model.)

To (tZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KARL GoLsDoRF, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, re siding at Vienna, inv the Province of Lower Austria, in the Empire of Austria Hungary, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tenders and Tank-Locomotives; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

The water-cranes for supplying water to locomotives arranged at determined distances from the track are provided with rotating Outriggers in order to reach the feeding-apertures or water boxes which in dtfierent types of tenders are arranged at'different heights abovethe top level of the rails and.

at different distances from the center of the tender. Without dwelling on the difficulty of maintaining in order such rotating outriggers in consequence of leakages of the stuffing-boxes of the same, &c., these outriggers are frequently the cause of accidents or at least of interruptions in the working. It sometimes occurs that the outrigger is not turned back in time in the direction of the track or that in consequence of storms or other causes it is accidentally turned out of its position of rest. In similar cases the part of the outrigger which protrudes into the path of the track is apt to produce damage either to the rolling-stock or to the crane.

Several attempts have been made to obviate the above-mentioned difficulty, such as by fixing the Outriggersv rigidly in the direction of the track axis ,or by adapting the same to the difierent positions of-the feedingapertures or of the water-boxes,as by the employmentof afeeding-h opper suspended to the outrigger.

It has been demonstated that it is practically impossible to make a feeding-hopper suitable for all types of tenders, and, further, the use of such hoppers is always attended with a great waste of water owing to the slanting position of the hopper; but apart from this consideration the use of rotating outriggers does not obviate the necessity of the train being obliged to pullup at a precisely determined point. The point at which the feeding-aperture can be reached with the hopper is either passed or not reached by a fraction of a meter, and this frequently occurs with fast passenger-trains or with long freighttrains. The stopping time for'watering as a rule does not exceed four to five minutes, and this time is frequently practically consuined in stopping the train in proper position for feeding by making short advancing and backing movements;

/ The present invention relates to improve-' ments in tenders and tank-locomotives by means of which the rigid arrangement of the crane-outrigger, called for by considerations of security of the working, is attained and the possibility is afforded of feeding water to tenders ofany type or construction by means of one single hopper which fits all tenders without the troublesome manipulation of advancing or backing the locomotive.

The invention consists, essentially, in having the feeding-apertures or the feeding-boxes arranged over the entire length or nearly the entire length of the water-tank.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts, there'are illustrated two forms of embodiment of the invention, together with two other forms exhibiting the art as heretofore presented, and in these drawings- Figure 1 is a view in perspective, exhibiting one form of embodiment of the invention. Fig. 1 is a similar view showing an ordinary form of water-tank. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing another form of embodiment of the invention. Fig.2 is a similar view of another form of water-tankin common use. Fig. 3 is a View in side elevation ofra tender equipped with the water-tank shown in Fig. 2.

Referring to the. drawings and to Fig. 1 thereof, A designates the coal receptacle or holder, and B the water tank or holder. The walls a of the coal-receptacle are extended upward above the sides of the apparatus to give the required cubical contents to the coal-receptacle, which is diminished by the provision of the feeding-troughs b, which extend along the entire length of the structure. It will be seen by this arrangement that supplying water to a tank will be facilitated, inasmuch as should the tender stop beneath the outrigger at any point in its length the water may readily be fed to the tank. The advantage of this construction over the old forms of water-tanks, such as shown in Fig. 1, will be apparent, it being seen in this latter instance that the position occupied by the tender with relation to the outrigger must be quite exact; otherwise any supply of Water to the tank will be prevented.

In the form of embodiment of the invention shown in Fig. 2 the feeding-troughs b are ar ranged on the outside of the structure and extend throughout its length, 13 in this instance designating the tank proper, and A the coal receptacle or holder.

of feeding-trongh of this characterthat is to say, of the class disposed on the outside of the tank-is shown in Fig. 2 in which instance B' indicates the water-tank, and A the coal-holder.

In Fig. 3 a tender is shown equipped with the form of tank exhibited in Fig. 2, the same The old form reference characters being employed in both instances.

It will be seen by the manner of constructing the water-troughs, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, that supplying water to the tank will be greatly facilitated and much time heretofore lost in bringing the tender to the proper position beneath the outrigger will positively be obviated.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A tender having a water feeding trough extending substantially throughout its length.

2. A tender having water-feeding troughs extending substantially throughout its entire length and disposed on the outer sides thereof.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as myinvention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' KARL GOLSDORF.

Witnesses:

J OSEF RUBASOH, ALVESTO S. HOGUE.- 

